F M Kamm

Broschiertes Buch

Almost Over

Aging, Dying, Dead

Beschreibung

This book by noted philosopher F.M. Kamm is a philosophical discussion of moral, legal, and medical issues related to aging, dying, and death. One of its aims is to decide whether and when it might make sense to not resist or bring about the end of one's life. To answer this question it considers views about meaning in life and what makes life worth living. It evaluates recent attempts to help the general public plan in advance for the end of life. It also considers whether or not physician-assisted suicide is morally permissible and if it should be legalized.

Autor

F. M. Kamm is Henry Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Previously, Kamm has been Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Medicine (Bioethics), and Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University and also served as the Lucius Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy, Professor of Philosophy, and Law School Affiliated Faculty at Harvard University. The author of numerous articles on normative ethical theory and practical ethics, Kamm has also authored ten books including Creation and Abortion (OUP 1992), Morality, Mortality, vols. 1 and 2 (OUP 1993, 1996), Intricate Ethics (OUP 2007), Ethics for Enemies (OUP 2011), Bioethical Prescriptions (OUP 2013), The Trolley Problem Mysteries (OUP 2015), and most recently Rights and Their Limits: In Theory, Cases, and Pandemics (OUP 2022). Kamm serves on the editorial boards of Philosophy & Public Affairs, Legal Theory, and the Journal of Moral Philosophy, has received NEH, AAUW, and Guggenheim Fellowships, and been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, the Center for Ethics and the Professions at Harvard, and the Department of Clinical Bioethics at the NIH. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Kamm has delivered the Uehiro, Winchester, and Tanner Lectures and served as a consultant to the World Health Organization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780197764107
• ISBN-10: 019776410X
• Artikelnr.: 68211550